From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishworstedwor‧sted /ˈwʊstɪd/ noun [uncountable] DCCTIMa type of woollen cloth
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worsted• Next to it was a suit in plain grey worsted and then a mustardy one, a brown pin-stripe, and the dog's-tooth.• Wool combers, essential preparatory workers in the production of worsted yarn, earned more.• The lapels of his well-worn suit seemed to carry a permanent sheen from years of dropped ash on worsted.• Nicholson's Annals of Kendal refer to hosiers taking worsted to the villages and collecting stockings.Origin worsted (1200-1300) Worsted (now Worstead) village in Norfolk, England 